Apprentices: Olympic Games 2012

Tom Brake: To ask the Minister for the Olympics how many people are undertaking  (a) trainee apprenticeships and  (b) work placements at Olympic venues.

Tessa Jowell: In addition to the existing commitment for 2,000 trainee, apprenticeships and work placements over the life of the project (of which 180 would be apprenticeships), the Prime Minister announced last month that 250 additional apprenticeships would be created on the Olympic Park and Village.
	At the end of December 2008, of the 303 people undertaking training on the Olympic Park site:
	  (a) 27 people were registered as apprentices (on a recognised framework)
	  (b) 41 were on trainee work placements.